A string of four Amtrak railroad engines slammed into a coal-hauling freight train today near Chase, seriously injuring two crewmen, Baltimore County police reported. The men were flown to the ...

Train released more than 100%2C000 pounds of toxic chemicals when it derailed in Paulsboro In separate complaint%2C group of emergency responders accuses rail line of negligence More than 250 people ...

First, some history. To address the looming collapse of freight and passenger rail traffic in the East as a result of those railroad bankruptcies, Congress passed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act ...

WASHINGTON — Thirty years ago, an Amtrak bound for D.C. from Boston collided with a Conrail train that had crossed into its path in Baltimore County. Sixteen people were killed in the Chase, Maryland, ...

Conrail offered $1.5 billion for some key rail lines owned by Southern Pacific Rail Corp. as part of its opposition to Union Pacific Corp.’s planned acquisition of Southern Pacific. The ...

It was a new year in the dead of winter when a northbound Amtrak train derailed not long before it would make its next stop in Delaware. Around 1:30 p.m., Amtrak Train 94 collided with a Conrail train ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Failures at every level, from both Conrail and first responders, contributed to a dangerous situation during the Paulsboro train derailment and chemical spill in 2012, but the ...